Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

As a newcomer specialist, I teach students who have been in the United States for less than a year. There are at least four languages spoken by the students I currently teach, so people are often ...

For decades, two factors drove the demand for dual-language education: a desire to preserve native languages and recognition that dual-language learning can boost overall achievement for ...

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. The prince is fifth in line to the British throne. Neil and Dan teach ...

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. That’s an opportunity largely reserved for children. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or ...

A significant demand for well-trained English as a second language (ESL) teachers exists throughout the United States. In areas such as education, business, hospitality and many more, the ...

Fifteen years after Massachusetts voters remade English-language education in the state, lawmakers are set to reverse course. Students who are learning English drop out of school more and graduate ...

The English language in education today is all-pervasive. “Hear more English, speak more English and become more successful” has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some say it’s already a universal ...

Good news is often hard to come by in education research. So it’s not surprising that recent media coverage trumpeting positive impacts of retention for English-language learners caught the eye of ...

PHOENIX — Hispanic students make up 45% of Arizona’s K–12 population. But recent federal rollbacks may affect how many of these students are taught. In August, the U.S. Department of Education ...